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  1. 30th Aug 2006 21:08 #1
    mikehende
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    Is it possible to burn video files on cd just as backup? Reason I'm asking is a friend has videos on his pc but only has a cd burner, he just needs to backup those video files, is this possible in any way?
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    Originally Posted by mikehende
    ...is this possible in any way?
    In several ways. A cd will store 700 MB's of data or if you want you can convert to VCD then it can store 800 MB or about 80 minutes.
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    What ZippyP. said. You can save them as a data file. You just have to split them into 700MB chunks to fit on the CD, but you would not have to re-encode. You can split with a MPEG editor like Cuttermaran or a AVI editor like VirtualDub, for a couple of freeware solutions. If you don't mind some quality loss and want more compaction and smaller files, go ahead and re-encode.
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